This tree bursts into vivid yellow flowers during spring, creating a spectacular display before its leaves emerge. Known as Maharukh in India, the Golden Silk Cotton Tree is relatively low ...

In Hyderabad, the native silk cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) blooms bright red in late winter, drawing flocks of rosy starlings who feed on its nectar, turning the bare canopy into a spectacle.

…At DAG, Delhi, catch the Company Paintings that looks at how Indian artists responded to the demands of their Western patrons, creating entirely new templates ...

Translated by Ulli Beier in his Yoruba Poetry, (1970) it runs thus: “Onikoyi, the warrior who never received an arrow in his back/Child of the water lily, child of the squirrel/The bird’s foot ...

Death does not kill alone/Nor does he fight singly/He goes to war with plenty of warriors…/He sends Disease first/He sends Paralysis next/He sends Loss/He sends Curses…/Death finally comes to ...